AUTHENTIC PORTRAIT OF INDIA IN INDIAN ENGLISH NOVELS

Abstract

This research titled as "Authentic Portrait of India in Indian English Novels" which touches upon the rise of Indian novels in English and how the prominent novelists and literary figures brought the pioneer social issues of Indian society till post-globalization period. It proposes that the Indian novel is a product of the Indian encounter with the British. It elaborates how the Indian English writers, apart from borrowing the idea from the west, have deployed the English language and the genre of the novel to narrate Indian life and its ethos. It also unveils the fact that the Indian culture also had indigenous narrative tradition which facilitated the rise of novel in India. This research concludes that the Indian English novels have made a significant contribution in offering an authentic portrayal of India.